@article {4951, title = {Sierra Leone{\textquoteright}s former child soldiers: a follow-up study of psychosocial adjustment and community reintegration}, journal = {Child Dev}, volume = {81}, number = {4}, year = {2010}, note = {Betancourt, Theresa Stichick
Borisova, Ivelina Ivanova
Williams, Timothy Philip
Brennan, Robert T
Whitfield, Theodore H
de la Soudiere, Marie
Williamson, John
Gilman, Stephen E
eng
K01 MH077246/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/
K01 MH077246-01A2/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/
1K01MH077246-01A2/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/
P60 MD002261/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Non-P.H.S.
2010/07/20 06:00
Child Dev. 2010 Jul-Aug;81(4):1077-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01455.x.}, month = {Jul-Aug}, pages = {1077-95}, abstract = {This is the first prospective study to investigate psychosocial adjustment in male and female former child soldiers (ages 10-18; n = 156, 12\% female). The study began in Sierra Leone in 2002 and was designed to examine both risk and protective factors in psychosocial adjustment. Over the 2-year period of follow-up, youth who had wounded or killed others during the war demonstrated increases in hostility. Youth who survived rape not only had higher levels of anxiety and hostility but also demonstrated greater confidence and prosocial attitudes at follow-up. Of the potential protective resources examined, improved community acceptance was associated with reduced depression at follow-up and improved confidence and prosocial attitudes regardless of levels of violence exposure. Retention in school was also associated with greater prosocial attitudes.}, keywords = {*Adaptation, Psychological, *Social Adjustment, *Warfare, Adolescent, Child, Family, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Hostility, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Military Personnel/*psychology, Prospective Studies, Psychology, Adolescent, Psychology, Child, Residence Characteristics, Sierra Leone, Socioeconomic Factors, Violence}, isbn = {1467-8624 (Electronic)
0009-3920 (Linking)}, author = {Betancourt, T. S. and Borisova,, II and Williams, T. P. and Brennan, R. T. and Whitfield, T. H. and de la Soudiere, M. and Williamson, J. and Gilman, S. E.} }